2Sa 7:8 | HCSB | STEP | “Now this is what you are to say to My servant David : ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts says : I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel .

2 Samuel 7:8

8 “Now this is what you are to say to My servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from following the sheep to be ruler over My people Israel. ^b